<p>I have a daughter who started this past September as a Freshman at a top LAC but has not been very happy there --the atmosphere is too small for her, it is too much of a bubble, too claustrophobic, and much too isolated from the city for her. She completed 12 credits in the Fall --dropped a class early on-- with A's in everything and took a semester leave this spring to reconsider her options. During the leave she is living at home and taking taking 6 credits at the state U. (She is limited to two classes because of the LAC's leave policy.) In addition, she has 15 other college credits from prior courses at the state U--and As in all of these. In other words, she will have enough credits to be a sophomore in September and her college GPA is 4.0.</p>
<p>She would like to transfer to Hopkins because of its Writing Seminars major. Will the nature of her freshman year make transfering difficult?
Her high school record is excellent (A- unweighted student) and she got a 33 on ACT. She will have excellent recommendations from her professors.</p>
<p>How should she proceed? She does have the option of matriculating at the State U this semester and taking a full-load and transfering from there, but that would make it impossibe for her to return to the LAC --and afterall, there is no guarantee she will be accepted to Hopkins.</p>
<p>What can she do to improve her chances of getting accepted given the broken up freshman year? Are there any activities or strategies that would help? </p>
<p>As for what your daughter should do, she can apply for transfer admission to Hopkins (March 15 deadline) no matter what her current circumstances are. She can remain taking courses at the local school or choose to fully enroll - both situations will be factored in. </p>
<p>The only piece of advice I can provide is that when she does choose to apply, that she submit a written explanation of all that has transpired since she graduated from high school. This will put her application in context when it is reviewed by the Transfer Admissions committee.</p>
<p>Of the 24 credits required to apply as a transfer student, must they all be SINCE high school graduation --or will you count as well the credits from University courses taken during high school (extra and not required for the HS degree.)</p>
<p>Daniel, for the common application for transfer students + the supplement, the questions are the same. I think i read that turning in the common application question about why do you want to transfer is not required but the supplement question about "why do you want to transfer to jhu" is. Can anyone elaborate on this?</p>
<p>Also, the question about how you would use some money and who would you take, thats not required for transfers, right?</p>
<p>laura3: the 24 credit requirement will be flexible in cases such as your daughters - since she will have one full semester of college credit, college credit from a part time semester, and college credit from H.S. she can be reviewed as a transfer applicant.</p>
<p>mojojojo60: First, no need to bump your thread. I will answer questions in due time, but during reading season I do not check every day. </p>
<p>Transfer applicants only need to submit the JHU essay for transfer students in the JHU Common Application Supplement. You may submit an additional essay, but that is not required.</p>